Medicare Costs: More or Less?

Deficit-reduction proposals to change the structure of Medicare would increase costs for most current beneficiaries, a new study has found. Several deficit-reduction committees have suggested changing the federal health-care program for seniors to combine the hospital- and doctor-services deductibles that participants currently pay separately.

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